Improved bucile



MERWIN FOWLER, WOLCOTTVIIJLE, CONNECTICUT.

Leiters Patent No. 82,821, me october e, 1868.

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TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERTI: y

Be it known that I, MERWIN FOWLER, of Wolcottville, in the county of Litchfield, and State of Connecti'cut, have invented a. new ImprovementinBuckles; and I do'hereby declare the following, when taken in connection with the accompanying drawing,'and the letters of reference marked thereon, to be a full, clear, and exact description ofthe same, and which said drawing constitutes part of this specification, and represents 'a perspective view. i l I I The invention relates to an improvement 'in that class of buckles commonly used for wearing-apparel, formed in two parts, the frame being one of the' parts, andl the loop and tongue combined forming .the second part; and the invention consists in the attachment o'f the tongues and loop to the freine, by bending thewire of.

which the tongue and loop are-composed around the ends of the vframe, and turned 'up against the ends of the frame, so as to hold the parts in their proper position, hinged together. p i i In order to the clear understanding of -my invention, Iwll fully describel the same as illustrated in the accompanying drawings. I

A is the frame, formed in any convenient manner, itsgtwo ends, r@Land b, turned down, so as to leave espace between the two ends, equal to the spreadof the tongues `from outside to outside. B is'the-loop;A C C, the two tongues, both Atongues and bar formed from one and the sam-e piece of wire, `and hinged to the frame by bending.

over the ends of the frame, and down, so that a loop, d, is formed'around eachend of the frame, then turned Vup, so that each tongue passes the end of the frame, and thuspltevents the loop'from Yslipping laterally on the frame.

Having thus fully described my invention, what-I claimiatsnew and useful, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is i A buckle, consistingofl the frame the loop B, 'and tongues C-C, the said loop and tongues being formed in one piece, and hinged to the frame,' so as to be' retained. in their vproper relative position, substantially as herein set forth. i i i' i I I MERWIN FOWLER.

Witnesses:

JoHN E. EARLE, A. J. '.Ivnsns4 

